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Installing MOHA Chat
Pre-requisities
Required software are :
- Apache Web server with PHP 5.x or higher. (PHP 5.1 or above is recommended)
- A MySQL server, 4.1.0 or higher.
Web installer
If you have extracted the source into your document root,
direct your browser to <root of MOHA Chat Installation>/installer/ and follow
the simple instructions.
Post installation
Please remember to give write access to the cache folder
Try this command from inside MOHA Chat root.
chmod 777 cache/
Manual installation
Creating Database tables
WARNING - REMEMBER: ALWAYS BACK UP YOUR DATABASE BEFORE ATTEMPTING TO INSTALL OR UPGRADE!!!
Run the queries in <MOHA Chat Source>/dist/dbScript.sql on the database you wish to create the tables required to run MOHA Chat. (See Setting up the database)
Configuring MOHA Chat
Rename <MOHA Chat Source>/config/configuration.php-dist to
<MOHA Chat Source>/config/configuration.php
Now set the parameters in <MOHA Chat Source>/config/configuration.php
Sample Configuration File Contents
<?php
/**
* dbms of your choice
* Currently supports
* - MySQL and PostgreSQL
*/
$dbms = "mysql";
/**
* Database connection information
*
*/
$databaseHost = "localhost";
$databaseName = "chat";
$databaseUser = "root";
$databasePassword = "";
/**
* User table information
*
* If you plan to use your own login page leave these blank
*
*/
$usersTable = "users";
$usernameField = "UID";
$passwordField = "PW";
// Title
$title = "MOHA Chat";
/**
* Links required to redirect users
*
*/
$registration = 0; // 0 = internal, 1 = external
$forgotPasswordLink = "/login/forgot";
$registerLink = "/signup";
$loginLink = "login/";
// All messages will be archived if set to true
$archive = true;
$tablePrefix = "";
// Passowrd Algorithm to use, even a custom function would do, but PWSecurity cryptPW should be aware
$pwAlgo = "md5";
?>
Post installation
Please remember to give write access to the cache folder
Try this command from inside MOHA Chat root.
chmod 777 cache/
Congratulations! You have MOHA Chat Installed on your server/system
With your web browser go to the root of MOHA Chat Installation
Last modified on Tuesday, 20th July 2010
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